[1] The Martin farm property is located in far northern Stratford, its entire extent straddling the border with neighboring Columbia.

The property is for the most part a strip of land projecting eastward from the Connecticut River, which forms its western boundary.

The house may have been built c. 1830 by Joseph Martin, after he acquired the property in a tax sale, or it may already have been standing there.

The presence of only a half-basement suggests that three bays of the house were built before it was widened to its present five-bay width.

Although it has had some alteration, including a complete rebuilding of its central chimney, the house is the best-preserved period Cape in Stratford.